EJC Newsletter 09-11 September 2020
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| HISTORIC AGREEMENT TO SECURE JEWISH LIFE IN AUSTRIA
The Jewish Community of Vienna (IKG) has reached a historic agreement with the federal government of Austria to safeguard and foster Jewish life in the long term.
Friday, September 11, 2020 |
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| BELGIAN JEWS WELCOME ECJ ADVOCATE GENERAL’S OPINION ON RELIGIOUS SLAUGHTER CASE
The Coordinating Committee of Belgian Jewish Organizations (CCOJB), has welcomed the opinion of Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union Gerard Hogan saying that the regions of Flanders and Wallonia violated EU law by prohibiting religious slaughter.
Thursday, September 10, 2020 |
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| BOARD OF DEPUTIES RENEWS CALLS FOR WELSH ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE TO STEP DOWN
The Board of Deputies of British Jews have renewed its calls for the Welsh independence party Plaid Cymru to drop a candidate who has been repeatedly accused of antisemitic conduct, calling the case a “test of Plaid Cymru’s resolve on anti-racism.”
Thursday, September 10, 2020 |
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| GERMAN JEWISH STUDENTS RAISE MONEY FOR HALLE KEBAB RESTAURANT OWNER
Jewish students in Germany have launched a fundraising campaign to assist the owner of a small kebab restaurant in the central city of Halle that was attacked by a neo-Nazi gunman right after he failed to carry out a massacre of worshipers attending Yom Kippur services at a nearby synagogue.
Wednesday, September 9, 2020 |
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| HEIDELBERG FRATERNITY UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR ANTISEMITIC CRIMES
Police in the southern German city of Heidelberg are investigating alleged antisemitic crimes that took place at a university student party.
Wednesday, September 9, 2020 |
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| FORMER UCEI PRESIDENT AMOS LUZZATTO PASSES AWAY AT 92
Amos Luzzatto, a writer, university professor, scholar and two-time president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI), has passed away in Rome, aged 92.
Thursday, September 10, 2020 |
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| NORWAY ARRESTS SUSPECT LINKED TO FATAL 1982 PARIS JEWISH DELI ATTACK
Police in Norway have arrested a man wanted in connection with the deadly 1982 bombing of a Jewish-owned restaurant in Rue des Rosiers in Paris.
Thursday, September 10, 2020 |
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| SPANISH JEWS CALL ON UNIVERSITY TO CANCEL PRO-BDS COURSE THAT ENCOURAGES ANTISEMITISM
The Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain (FCJE) has asked the rector of the Public University of Navarra to cancel a pro-BDS online course on the grounds that it will encourage antisemitism.
Wednesday, September 9, 2020 |
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| FRA TEN-YEAR SURVEY ON ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS: DATA GAPS HIDE TRUE PICTURE
The inadequate recording of hate crime incidents, coupled with victims’ hesitance to report incidents to the authorities, contributes to the gross under-reporting of the extent of antisemitic incidents that occur in the EU, according to a new report by the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA).
Thursday, September 10, 2020 |
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| EC VICE-PRESIDENT SCHINAS ADDRESSES COUNCIL PRESIDENCY ONLINE CONFERENCE ON ANTISEMITISM
Margaritis Schinas, European Commissioner for Promoting the European Way of Life, gave a keynote speech at the intra-governmental online conference “Working together to fight antisemitism in Europe: Structures and strategies for a holistic approach”, organised by the German Presidency of the European Council.
Thursday, September 10, 2020 |
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